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DETROIT (AP) The Detroit Red Wings have lost forwards Drew Miller and Teemu Pulkkinen to injuries that are expected to keep both out for over a month.The team says Miller is expected to miss about six weeks with a broken jaw, and Pulkkinen is expected to miss six...

AP Hockey WriterSabres' Kane expects to be dealt before NHL trading deadlineBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Sabres forward Evander Kane doesn't need a fortune teller to understand he's down to his final days in Buffalo when acknowledging he expects to be dealt before the NHL's trading deadline on...

Pettersson scores in shootout, Canucks best Flames 4-3VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Vancouver Canucks center Bo Horvat credited veteran goalie Jacob Markstrom with Saturday's win over the Calgary Flames.Markstrom stopped 44 of 47 shots and put up three more saves in the shootout, leading Vancouver to a 4-3 victory...

Former Calgary Flames owner Sonia Scurfield dies at 89CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Sonia Scurfield, the former Calgary Flames owner and only Canadian woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup, has died. She was 89.She had cancer and her family-owned Sunshine Village ski resort said Thursday night...

Associated PressWilliams' shootout goal lifts Hurricanes past Canucks, 4-3By KEN TYSIACRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Justin Williams scored the winning goal in a shootout to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Sunday afternoon.Williams wristed a shot inside the post to the right of Thatcher Demko, giving...

Avalanche will start backup goalie Andrew Hammond in Game 5DENVER (AP) The Colorado Avalanche will go with backup goaltender Andrew Hammond for Game 5 in Nashville after starter Jonathan Bernier suffered a lower-body injury.Colorado trails the Predators 3-1 in the first-round series heading into Friday's game.Hammond stepped in...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf netted the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Ducks a 4-3 win against St. Louis on Friday, making it 10 successive home victories over the Blues.The victory vaulted the Ducks from fifth to third in the...

AP Hockey WriterSenators exec accused of touching, lewd comments to driverBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee is accused of inappropriately touching and making lewd comments toward a hotel shuttle driver while in Buffalo for the NHL's scouting combine.Lee was charged with second-degree...

Penguins bring back Rodrigues, sign Jankowski, CurriePITTSBURGH (AP) Evan Rodrigues is back to where he once belonged.The Pittsburgh Penguins signed the 27-year-old forward to a one-year deal worth $700,000 on Friday, less than two months after Pittsburgh shipped him to Toronto as part of a trade that brought...

Associated PressFans pack downtown St. Louis to cheer on the champion BluesBy JIM SALTERST. LOUIS (AP) It rained on the Blues' parade, but nobody seemed to mind.Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of downtown St. Louis and braved the rain on Saturday to cheer on the...

AP Hockey WriterDevils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHLBy JOHN WAWROWBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign center Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey League this...

AP Hockey WriterReturn of Reaves adds more grit to Vegas-Dallas West finalBy STEPHEN WHYNOEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Ryan Reaves stood in the tunnel outside the locker room, fist-bumping his Vegas teammates as they marched to the ice.Instead of skates, pads and a jersey, his uniform was made up of...